wrong-foot
verb
uk/ˌrɒŋˈfʊt/us/ˌrɑːŋˈfʊt/[Toften passive]
tocausesomeone to be in adifficultsituationby doing somethingunexpected:
使措手不及Thecompanywascompletelywrong-footed by the dollar'ssuddenrecovery.美元的突然复苏使那家公司完全措手不及。
[T]UK
in asport, tohitorkicktheballso that the otherplayerbelievestheballwill go in theoppositedirectionto the one in which it will really go, inorderto make him or hermovein thewrongdirection
(体育运动中)使(对手)错判球的方向Causing difficulties for oneself or others
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- be a tall orderidiom
- be asking for troubleidiom
- beyourown worst enemyidiom
- catch
- catchsomeoneout
- dig
- lay
- make heavy weather ofsomethingidiom
- overburden
- pitchforksomeoneintosomething
- plunge
- plunge(someone/something)intosomething
- shoot
- subjectsomeone/somethingtosomething
- suicidal
- swamp
- tall
- toughness
- trouble
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